AAK AB (publ.) (AAK) Q2 2026 Earnings Call

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Welcome to the AAKQ22026 report presentation. For the first part of the presentation, participants will be in listen-only mode. During the questions and answers session, participants are able to ask questions by dialing pound key 5 on their telephone keypad. Today's event will last for 45 minutes. Now I will hand the conference over to the speakers, CEO Johan Westman and CFO Tomas Bergendahl. Please go ahead. Thank you. Good morning everyone and thank you for joining us for today's call and also for your interest in AAK. With me today to review our second quarter results is our CFO Thomas Bergendahl. Also joining us for today's call is Niall Sands, President Commercial Development and Innovation and a member of our Executive Committee. Niall is here to share additional perspective on our commercial development and innovation agenda, as well as the role of our Kaukua and confectionery fat solutions in the current market environment. Good to have both of you with me on the call. With that, please turn to page number two. We will cover quarterly highlights, selected events, and a business and financial update, followed by concluding remarks. The presentation is scheduled for 45 minutes in total, including a Q&A session at the end. Page number three, as usual, a bit about the forward-looking statements. This presentation includes forward-looking statements that come with risks and uncertainties. These are our views on future events and financial performance, but actual results may differ. With that, let's move to slide number four. the quarterly highlights for Q2. Market conditions remained cautious during the second quarter, broadly in line with the business environment we saw in the first quarter. Following a strong start to the year, both volume and profitability were...